What a perceptive chap you are! I am indeed a writer and freelance journalist by profession. From early '97 to late-ish 2002, I was writing my regular humour column ("Aussie Life") and other feature articles from here for The (Malaysia) Sunday Star. :)

Yes, very unfortunately and so tragically, the baby drowned in the toilet, hence the emotional announcement from our distraught Disciplinary Mistress.

Incidentally, in our lower secondary science labs were two aborted fully-formed infants kept in jars. What an education we had.